Civil-rights Leaders Fight Decision On Fcc Policies

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April 17, 1998

WASHINGTON — Civil-rights leaders urged the Clinton administration Thursday to appeal a court decision that overturned Federal Communications Commission policies aimed at bolstering minority employment in the TV and radio industries. Jesse Jackson and members of the NAACP, among others, made their case in a meeting with Bill Lann Lee, the Justice Department's acting assistant attorney general for civil rights. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court declared unconstitutional the FCC's equal employment opportunities policies.